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Best Mannerisms Poems

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Premium Member The Others
Not friend of man or beast, or kind to any soul, 
not even their own. 
Perhaps compassion deserted them, along with reason
leaving not even an...

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Categories: mannerisms, anger, birth, conflict, corruption,
Form: Verse



Premium Member Squirrels
Superbly agile and acrobatic creatures.
Quirky zigzag moves and mannerisms.
Unique techniques for stealing seeds and nuts.
Incredibly strong front incisors that keep growing.
Really smart, mischievous and very...

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Categories: mannerisms, animal, humorous, nature,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member This Quirky Girl
I was an odd little girl.  At a very early age writing, and seeking out nature.  I
loved to wander libraries and art galleries,...

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Categories: mannerisms, introspection,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Regeneration
each grain of sand, every molecule
has rested on Earth since time began
raindrops now fall and dampen my hair
once part of waves rushing through mom's hands
...

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Categories: mannerisms, introspection, life
Form: Quatrain
The Alchemist's Tale
Prologue 

Of the alchemist’s physique I expound upon thee
A white feathered cap wore he jauntily, cocked to a side.
His sight like a moles’, aided by...

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Categories: mannerisms, imaginationme, night, me, night,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Be a Woman
You adore the reflection you see
So beautiful you are, so pure your beauty
I see through the crack in the door 
Brushing your hair so devotedly!

I...

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Categories: mannerisms, beautiful, beauty, child, fantasy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Meeting You Again
You stir your latte slowly
an old habit of yours
a delicate studied frown.

I wonder when your mannerisms
became perfectly packaged
fashion statements?
When did you turn a camera
inwards into...

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Categories: mannerisms, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Betrayal, Fails Me Most
Question my mannerisms, do you cause me
Kindness, should be shown to no friend
Reciprocation, will their beliefs differ
In vain, will all my acts become
As if trust,...

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Categories: mannerisms, allusion, betrayal, deep, devotion,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member An Incomplete Love Story
They met aboard a cruise one summer day;
     their days and nights were filled with ecstasies.
     ...

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Categories: mannerisms, love, sad love,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
A Thank You To the Nurse
A rhyming thank you written in verse
To the wonderful women and men who work as a nurse
They do so much more than just first aid
Considering...

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Categories: mannerisms, health, sister, social, work,
Form: Rhyme
The Priest Who Wants To Rest Reloaded
The priest who wants to rest
went fishing with his dear cousin Nora
A very nice lady, ginger and intrepid.
Today she adopted a Turkish Angora

The priest who...

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© Ivo Cos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mannerisms, art, city, nonsense, repetition,
Form: Verse
Both Barrels - Shooting Widows
My husband is a shooter,
Which isn't always fun,
As every weekend 
He's out somewhere with his gun.
So quality time together 
Can sometimes be quite sparse,
"But I...

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Categories: mannerisms, dad, daughter, humor, sports,
Form: Rhyme
A More Intelligent Life Form of Human - Layons
I required my tea cooked for me and assisted since I had Cerebral Palsy, so I asked Thomas my care robot to come from the...

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Categories: mannerisms, care, caregiving, discrimination, earth,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Unquotable Quotes: Teachers - Xxi
Unquotable quotes: Teachers – XXI

The pupil, the ***** and the walnut tree, the more the teacher beats them, the better they be.
In the old days,...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mannerisms, children, humor, parents, student,
Form: Epigram
Trip Twist
In the void, sipping the zoid,
with mental properties of tripping on the spiral.
Falling down the tail of lions, awkwardly spinning.
With upside down tunnel vision leaking...

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Categories: mannerisms, addiction, adventure, analogy, angst,
Form: Concrete

Book: Shattered Sighs